ماعمري طلبت منكم طلب ونفذتوه لي ساعدوني هالمره
رد: ماعمري طلبت منكم طلب ونفذتوه لي ساعدوني هالمره
Theme
In this simply written play John Galsworthy describes the problems of society in England like poverty the class divisions and the unjustice of the law . He reveals the ills of society through the use of the symbol of the cigarette box . The silver box of the title makes us aware of the imperfect world that we all live in .
The English society is full of hypocrite and unjustice . That is clear when MR.Jones goes to the court with his wife . The judge asks them about the stealing of the silver box , but he does not ask Jack the rich man about the stealing of the purse from the lady . Although the judge knows the truth , he judges Mr. Jones only with a month and leaves Jack goes home .
Also, there is a struggle between classes ,the rich and the poor . The rich people controls the society by their money and power . While the poor class is suffering from poverty and unemployment . The lower class hates the upper class and that is clear when Jones says about Jack that he is a calf and does nothing . Also, the upper class hates the lower class and that is clear when Mr. Barthwick says that the poor want everything for themselves . The upper class cares for her reputation only not for the poor .
The Plot
The play of the silver box describes the unjustice in the British society . Jack Barthwick is a rich man who comes home late at night. He is drunk and can not open the door . So, he ask Mr. Jones , the servant's husband to help him to open the door . Jack steals a purse from a lady . He asks Jones to take any thing he likes . Jones takes the silver box .
In the morning Mr. Barthwick and his wife accuse Mrs. Jones of stealing this box because she is a poor woman . They send an officer to her room to take her to the court .Her husband tries to defent her and hits the officer . So , the officer takes both of them to the court .
In the court there is no justice . The Magistrate accuses Mrs. Jones of stealing the box . But her husband says the truth and tells the Magistrate that Jack asks him to take the box as reward for helping him to open the door . He tells the court that Jack also steals a purse from unknown lady . Mrs. Jones defend her husband and tells the Magistrate that if her husband steals , that is because he is drunk . The Magistrate judges Mr. Jones with a month with hard labour . The court leaves Jack goes home although he also steals like Jones . That happens because of the unjustice between poor and rich .
الشخصياتCharacters:
John Barth Wick (a wealthy liberal)
Mrs. Barth Wick (his wife)
Jack(their son)
, Roper (their solicitor)
Mrs. Jones (their charwoman)
Marlow their (manservant),
Wheeler (their maidservant),
Jones (the stronger )
Mrs. Seddon (a landlady),
a police Magistrate,
a lady from beyond,
Snow(a detective),
2 little girls( homeless),
Livens their father,
a Relieving officer,
a Magistrate`s Clerk,
an Usher,
Policemen,
Clerks,
and other minor characters
والمسرحية مترجمة بالعربي باسم "العلبة الفضية " موجوة في جرير والعبيكان
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